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authorRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>1994-09-03 23:05:04 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>1994-09-03 23:05:04 +0000
commita8e0effbfb643b914fc9e1b5555b9bc21f2c57fd (patch)
tree3b1b57d054e1cb3dc4882902aaeeed738c23b31f /lisp/shell.el
parent1174421c7d8fa02bcd6d4a4ab28ff2759e609386 (diff)
downloademacs-a8e0effbfb643b914fc9e1b5555b9bc21f2c57fd.tar.gz
(shell-command-regexp): Use a simpler faster regexp.
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@@ -182,10 +182,9 @@ shell buffer.
This is a fine thing to set in your `.emacs' file.")
-(defvar shell-command-regexp "\\((.*)\\|[^;&|]\\)+"
- "*Regexp to match shell commands.
-Elements of pipes are considered as separate commands, forks and redirections
-as part of one command.")
+(defvar shell-command-regexp "[^;&|\n]+"
+ "*Regexp to match a single command within a pipeline.
+This is used for directory tracking and does not do a perfect job.")
(defvar shell-completion-execonly t
"*If non-nil, use executable files only for completion candidates.